new gemini omni flash vs seedance 2.0 vs happy horse 1.1 vs veo 3.1

gemini omni flash dropped recently. we ran it against the current top 4 text-to-video models on @arena – all one-shot, same prompt, via @aimlapi

the prompt: a single continuous fpv drone shot. opens low inside a moving subway car, weaves between passengers, banks around a pole, threads into the next carriage, dives out an open window onto an elevated track, then climbs alongside a skyscraper into a golden-hour skyline. cinematic, no cuts, no text

results:

omni flash
• generation time: 31 sec
• length: 10 sec
• cost: $1.32

happy horse 1.1
• generation time: 2 min 57 sec
• length: 10 sec
• cost: $2.32

seedance 2.0
• generation time: 1 min 37 sec
• length: 5 sec
• cost: $2.00

veo 3.1
• generation time: 2 min 07 sec
• length: 5 sec
• cost: $4.16

the interesting part:
- only seedance 2.0 and happy horse 1.1 (chinese labs!) read it as a pov shot and kept the drone out of frame. google's models both spawned a visible drone flying through the scene

- seedance was the only output with no lags or hallucinations, but it ran just 5s

- omni flash gave the weakest result for the lowest price. its drone flies straight through objects

- veo 3.1 felt the most natural – fish-eye effect and all

the takeaway: you can see why it's called flash. omni's videos generate fast and cheap, but the quality is poor

which model won?